History of Structural Racism, Nationally and in Greater KC: A Listening Session (Part III)
Name:
History of Structural Racism, Nationally and in Greater KC: A Listening Session (Part III)
Date:
July 8, 2020
Time:
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
Registration:
Sorry, online registration for this event has been closed.
Event Description:
Presented by the KC Chamber and Urban Neighborhood Initiative
Gwendolyn Grant, President & CEO, Urban League of Greater Kansas City, will moderate this third virtual panel discussion.
This is the third in a series of Listening Sessions developed to help the business community learn more deeply about the inequities and lack of access and opportunities for too many in our region.
Panelists include:
Gwendolyn Grant, President & CEO, Urban League of Greater Kansas City, will moderate this third virtual panel discussion.
This is the third in a series of Listening Sessions developed to help the business community learn more deeply about the inequities and lack of access and opportunities for too many in our region.
Panelists include:
Dr. Clarence Lang
Dean of the College of the Liberal Arts & Professor of African American Studies, Penn State University
Former Interim Dean and Director of African American Studies, KU
Albert Joseph Lowe IV
Adjunct Professor - African & U.S. History, MCC-Penn Valley
Jamala Rogers
Executive Director, Organization for Black Struggle
Author, "Ferguson is America: Roots and Rebellion”
Geri Sanders
Historian, Senior Manager of Collections, American Jazz Museum
Dean of the College of the Liberal Arts & Professor of African American Studies, Penn State University
Former Interim Dean and Director of African American Studies, KU
Albert Joseph Lowe IV
Adjunct Professor - African & U.S. History, MCC-Penn Valley
Jamala Rogers
Executive Director, Organization for Black Struggle
Author, "Ferguson is America: Roots and Rebellion”
Geri Sanders
Historian, Senior Manager of Collections, American Jazz Museum
Thank you to our 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Sponsors!
Presenting Diversity Sponsors for 2020 are CommunityAmerica Credit Union, Evergy, Hallmark, and Sprint.
Our Cornerstone Sponsors are American Century Investments, Bayer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Commerce Bank, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, JE Dunn Construction, Lockton Companies, REACH Healthcare Foundation, Saint Luke's Health System, UMB and Waddell & Reed.
Our Regional Diversity Sponsors are Black & Veatch, Heavy Constructors Association, Spire and VanTrust Real Estate.
Our Supporting Diversity Sponsors are Andrews McMeel Universal, Bank Midwest, Children's Mercy, Enterprise Holdings, Ernst & Young, Garmin, H&R Block, HNTB, Honeywell, Husch Blackwell, Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences, KVC Health Systems, Lathrop GPM, Lead Bank, Mazuma, McCownGordon Construction, Shook Hardy & Bacon, State Street, Stinson LLP, The Builders' Association, The University of Kansas, The University of Kansas Health System and Turner Construction.
Our Cornerstone Sponsors are American Century Investments, Bayer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Commerce Bank, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, JE Dunn Construction, Lockton Companies, REACH Healthcare Foundation, Saint Luke's Health System, UMB and Waddell & Reed.
Our Regional Diversity Sponsors are Black & Veatch, Heavy Constructors Association, Spire and VanTrust Real Estate.
Our Supporting Diversity Sponsors are Andrews McMeel Universal, Bank Midwest, Children's Mercy, Enterprise Holdings, Ernst & Young, Garmin, H&R Block, HNTB, Honeywell, Husch Blackwell, Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences, KVC Health Systems, Lathrop GPM, Lead Bank, Mazuma, McCownGordon Construction, Shook Hardy & Bacon, State Street, Stinson LLP, The Builders' Association, The University of Kansas, The University of Kansas Health System and Turner Construction.
